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Yay, over half the units in my army suck aparently.

haloreach4ever wrote:Yay, over half the units in my army suck aparently.

If you have anything to add to the article, feel free. If you want to state why you think those units don't suck, add it. Just don't delete my writing.

Well the article reads like a rant anyway ...

For constructive criticism,

Ethereal's are sketchy, but attach him to a broadside squad with shield drones helps a lot since you can get 4 shield drones total. A rerolled Ld 8 is better than ld 10 when you want it passed, and worse than Ld 6 when you want it to fail, which is actually decent if and when foot lists ever make a comeback.

Gun drones are BS 2 twin linked, which is actually more accurate than bs 3 and they have 18" range, not 12". They can threaten infantry, vehicle rear armor, and are a solid choice in low point games or body count lists.

Firewarriors are okay, you just have to realize they are carapace guardsmen with a good gun. Markerlights let you bypass the bad BS and let the best standard infantry rifle in the game shine. A point reduction or drone-based heavy weapon ugprades (rail rifle or fusion blaster drones anyone?) would go a long way to making them better in a new codex, or a carbine/pinning special rule since they are the only squad of 100% pinners that can pump out a dozen shots that I'm aware of. Kroot do outshoot them, but Kroot are less durable than firewarriors in every area but forests.

Vespids have an Ld of 9 since the squad leader is mandatory, and they can benefit from markerlights. Granted, they still are an iffy choice but killing on a 2+/3+ with 11 guys is decent. Its not so much that the model is bad, but they were expensive for 4th edition and even more expensive for 5th w/ all the cover saves! A full squad is the same as three fireknifes which shoots exactly the same without lights, they just need a hefty point decrease to be made viable.

Your article reads like a rant and most of the content is misrepresented or false so I think the criticism is warranted. And this isn't an 'army review' - where is the section on crsisi suits, kroot, hammerheads? This is a 'crap unit review' - and most people know they are suboptimal units without needing to be told.

OK, I apologize for this, My brother has wrote this due to that my browser remembers my password. I will re-write with a full unit review.